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|name        = ''The Visual Dictionary''
|image        = VisualDictionary.jpg
|image        = VisualDictionary.jpg
|writer      = [[Andrew Darling]], [[Kerrie Dougherty]], [[David John]], and [[Simon Beecroft]]
|writer      = Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, Simon Beecroft
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|publisher    = Dorling Kindersley
|release date = [[3 May (releases)|3 May]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|release date = 3 May 2007
|format      = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 72 pages
|format      = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 72 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4053-1867-9
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-4053-1867-9
|name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary}}
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an illustrated guide to [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''. {{as of|2015|1}}, five editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' in 2007. A revised edition was released in [[Matt Smith]]'s [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|first year]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and a second revised edition was released following [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|first year]] as the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. In 2015 it was combined with ''[[Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition)]]'' to create ''[[The Complete Visual Collection]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was an illustrated guide to [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''. {{as of|2015|1}}, five editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' in 2007. A revised edition was released in [[Matt Smith]]'s [[series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|first year]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and a second revised edition was released following [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|first year]] as the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. In 2015 it was combined with ''[[Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition)]]'' to create ''[[The Complete Visual Collection]]''.


== 2007 edition ==
== 2007 edition ==
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=== Notable features ===
=== Notable features ===
* This well-illustrated hardback volume, complete with an embedded blue glass Dalek eye on the cover, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.
* The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages reveal the concept drawings of the whole [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.
* The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in [[Henry van Statten]]'s collection.
* The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages are themselves stunning and, for the first time ever, reveal the concept drawings of the whole [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] in all its sceptre-shaped glory, and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.


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=== Notable features ===
=== Notable features ===
* This updated and expanded hardback volume conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.
* The attention to detail is impressive, even including the exhibits in [[Henry van Statten]]'s collection.
* The fold-out "Inside the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.
* The fold-out "Inside the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.


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* [[Time Field|Time Energy]]
* [[Time Field|Time Energy]]
* Index
* Index
=== Notable features ===
* Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated hardback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.


=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2007, this expanded edition is fully updated to include all stories up to the end of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]].
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2007, this expanded edition is fully updated to include all stories up to the end of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]].
* Topics from the first release whose references are significantly reduced include [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Pete Tyler]], [[Abzorbaloff]], [[Henry van Statten|Van Statten's Vault]], [[Nanogene]]s, [[John Lumic]], Parallel Worlds, [[Robot Santa|Robotic mercenaries]], and the [[Last Great Time War]].
* Topics from the first release whose references are significantly reduced include [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Pete Tyler]], [[Abzorbaloff]], [[Henry van Statten|Van Statten's Vault]], [[Nanogene]]s, [[John Lumic]], Parallel Worlds, [[Robot Santa|Robotic mercenaries]], and the [[Last Great Time War]].
* On the Master's entry it is stated that John Simm portrayed the seventeenth form of the Master. It could be noted that at the time Alex Macqueen and Titan comics' "Asian child" incarnations were not introduced yet.
* On the Master's entry, it is stated that "The Master has inhabited at least <mark>17</mark> bodies".
** Alex Macqueen's [[Reborn Master]] and Titan Comics' "[[The Master (The Then and the Now)|War Child]]" Master were introduced after this book was published.


== 2014 edition ==
== 2014 edition ==
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978-0-241-18429-5
978-0-241-18429-5
|image2 = Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary - TARDIS Cover.jpg|name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary Updated and Expanded|caption = Lenticular picture shows the Doctor disappearing and the TARDIS doors closing.|format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 176 pages}}
|image2 = Doctor Who The Visual Dictionary - TARDIS Cover.jpg|name = Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary Updated and Expanded|caption = Lenticular picture shows the Doctor disappearing and the TARDIS doors closing.|format = 10 1/8" x 12" Hardcover, 176 pages}}
A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2014, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|eighth series]] and the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. The book comes with a lenticular cover picture consisting of the 12th Doctor in front of the TARDIS with open doors, the 12th Doctor vanishing in a flash of light in front of the TARDIS with open doors, and the TARDIS with closed doors and its top light turned on.
A new volume billed ''The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded'' was released in 2014, this time covering ''Doctor Who'' up to and including the [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|eighth series]] and the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. The book comes with a lenticular cover picture consisting of the 12th Doctor in front of the TARDIS with open doors, the 12th Doctor vanishing in a flash of light in front of the TARDIS with open doors, and the TARDIS with closed doors and its top light turned on.


=== Chapters ===
=== Chapters ===
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* [[Karabraxos]]
* [[Karabraxos]]
* Index
* Index
* Ackowledgments
* Acknowledgments
 
=== Notable features ===
* Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated hardback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.


=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===
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* Index
* Index
* Acknowledgments
* Acknowledgments
=== Notable features ===
* Following the format of the previous edition, this well-illustrated softback volume, conforms to the publisher (Dorling Kindersley)'s usual high standard of visual guides, offering annotated and cut-away photographs/illustrations throughout.


=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this newer edition includes all stories up to the end of [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]].
* Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this newer edition includes all stories up to the end of [[Series 8 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 8]].


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The Visual Dictionary was an illustrated guide to BBC Wales Doctor Who. As of January 2015, five editions had been published. The inaugural edition was published coincident with the broadcast of Smith and Jones in 2007. A revised edition was released in Matt Smith's first year as the Eleventh Doctor, and a second revised edition was released following Peter Capaldi's first year as the Twelfth Doctor. In 2015 it was combined with Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia (Updated Edition) to create The Complete Visual Collection.

2007 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

The first edition of The Visual Dictionary focused mainly on the first two years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examing the Ninth Doctor and the early days of the Tenth Doctor.

Chapters[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)
(Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)

Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages reveal the concept drawings of the whole TARDIS and include the "Nerve Centre" (aka console) layout.
  • Tardis cross-section by Peter McKinstry

    Tardis cross-section by Peter McKinstry

  • Console room cross-section by Peter McKinstry

    Console room cross-section by Peter McKinstry

2009 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

This US edition of The Visual Dictionary was updated and expanded to cover the first four years of BBC Wales Doctor Who, examining the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.

Chapters[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Featuring artwork by Peter McKinstry)
(Featuring artwork by John Maloney)
(Featuring artwork by Richard Bonson)

Notable features[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The fold-out "Inside the TARDIS" pages depict the 10th Doctor's TARDIS interior's console room layout.

2010 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

The second edition was a greatly expanded illustrated guide to Doctor Who — from its return in 2005, up to and including the Eleventh Doctor's first series.

Chapters[[edit] | [edit source]]

featuring illustration by Lee Binding
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry
featuring illustration by James Southall
featuring illustration by John Malony
featuring illustration by Richard Bonson
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

2014 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

A new volume billed The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded was released in 2014, this time covering Doctor Who up to and including the eighth series and the Twelfth Doctor. The book comes with a lenticular cover picture consisting of the 12th Doctor in front of the TARDIS with open doors, the 12th Doctor vanishing in a flash of light in front of the TARDIS with open doors, and the TARDIS with closed doors and its top light turned on.

Chapters[[edit] | [edit source]]

featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry
featuring illustration by James Southall
featuring illustration by John Malony
featuring illustration by Richard Bonson
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this updated and expanded edition includes all stories up to the end of series 8.

2015 edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

This is a US softcover edition released in 2015. This is essentially the same as the 2014 edition with a different cover and slightly smaller measuring only 10 1/8" x 12". It spans series 1-8 featuring the then current Twelfth Doctor.

Chapters[[edit] | [edit source]]

featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry
featuring illustration by James Southall
featuring illustration by John Malony
featuring illustration by Richard Bonson
featuring illustration by Peter McKinstry

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Reproducing some of the content from Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary first published in 2010, this newer edition includes all stories up to the end of Series 8.
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